St. John's STEM/Technology Standards
St. John The Baptist Catholic Elementary School's technology curriculum is built upon the ISTE standards in technology education, Minnesota State Standards for Math/Reading and Science, and focuses on both Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows as learning platforms. Each grade is further enhanced by using common core instructional "I Can" statements which allow each student to comprehend state standards in a daily application. Students can access their google cloud share from the button below:
Sixth Grade Curriculum
Sixth Grade Curriculum builds on the curriculum from past years but begins to strengthen and enhance the child's work with specific programs such as Code, Excel, Word, Sheets, and Powerpoint. Each grade level also builds on previous basics of typing for accuracy and speed, focusing on the home row and typing without looking at their keyboard. We will be doing several assignments in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. We will be matching assignments in Google docs, sheets, and slides.
Seventh Grade Curriculum
The seventh grade curriculum enhances previous learning to include typing skills in repetition and memorization. We will be strengthening our skills when using excel for simple mathematical operations. We will be spending time on internet safety and netiquette, as well as understanding what social media portrays, monitors, and what information is acceptable to place on it. The student will learn multiple ways to save, print, and especially to drop/copy photos and pictures on to their work.
Eighth Grade Curriculum
The eight grade curriculum enhances previous learning and will be focused on making sure all of the ISTE standards are completed for middle school. The children will understand the difference between a multitude of programs available on line and why certain programs are preferred over others for specific tasks. The children will be able to troubleshoot basic problems on their personal systems and been exposed to multiple interfaces. The eighth grade will have access to their own email accounts. The children will also begin their engineering builds to create working, code directed, Lego robots in various forms.